FM12 has char format in xref been fixed?

[Carol J. Elkins]

Can anyone tell me if FM12 has fixed the problem in which character 
formats in source text are lost in cross-references to that source 
text? That one little fix would be a tipping point for me to upgrade 
to FM12. If not, has anyone found a better workaround than the one in 
the Frame archives that requires defining in maker.ini an entirely 
new version of the font for every font face that uses italics?

Carol